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InterMed, PA Registered Nurse in Portland, Maine
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SUMMARY
The clinical ambulatory care registered nurse (RN) is responsible for care management of the patient in a primary care setting and/or specialty care setting. The focus is patient centered care with an emphasis on the medical home experience for the patient facilitated by the RN.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Assessment of provider schedules and organize patient flow
- Assist providers with patient care:
- Rooming complex and acutely ill patients
- Maintain data registries and Meaningful Use information
- Medication reconciliation of complex medication lists
- Take vital signs and weight
- Perform point of care testing as directed by provider
- Perform screenings per provider guidelines
- Assist providers with clinical procedures
- Give injections and immunizations as directed by provider
- Input patient care orders after Provider has noted them in patients progress note
- Document all clinical data correctly and appropriately in patients EHR
- Communicate patient information after consultation with Provider
- Preload patient records prior to routine visit per provider protocol and oversight
- Refill patient medications according to protocol per provider approval and oversight
- Prepare, stock and clean exam room(s), maintain supplies and equipment for treatment
- Oversight of clinical environment with attention to safety and infection control
- Oversight of clinical equipment including routine checks, calibration, cleaning and repairing
- Perform point of care testing; oversight of testing kits
- Maintain emergency equipment
- Maintain pharmacy stock
- Oversight of vaccine storage, handling and supply
- Administer routine regular and non-routine medications per standing order protocol, and/or provider orders
- Accurate documentation of all vaccine records
- Provide follow up with patient after hospital and /or skilled facility discharge
- Provide patient nursing care; facilitate patient education
- Coordinate and support individual, group and population based health maintenance and promotion
- Coordinate patient care management with in house specialties and resources; community resources; home health and other health care agencies; hospital care
- Manage telephone encounters utilizing triage and telehealth principles
- Excellent professional judgment, phone skills and decision making ability
- Work collaboratively with all team members
- Demonstrate initiative, responsibility, flexibility and decision making
- Demonstrate critical and reflective thinking
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks
- Ability and willingness to provide excellent customer service to patients, InterMed colleagues and vendors
- Maintain confidentiality and compliance in all patient care activities
- Participate in continuing and professional development
- Complete InterMed clinical competence expectations Be an informed clinical care resource
- Special projects as assigned by lead, coordinator or manager